Jutta of Saxony

Judith of Saxony
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign	1239–1250
Born	c. 1223
Died	Before 2 February 1267
Spouse	Eric IV of Denmark Burgrave Burchard VIII of Magdeburg
House	Ascania
Father	Albert I, Duke of Saxony
Mother	Agnes of Austria
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Jutta of Saxony (c. 1223 – before 2 February 1267) was a Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Eric IV of Denmark. Jutta was the daughter of Albert I, Duke of Saxony. She married king Erik in 1239, and became junior queen consort, since her husband was junior king, even though there were no senior queen at the time. She would become senior queen in 1242.

Not many details are known about Queen Jutta. Jutta was involved in a conflict with the monks of Øm Abbey, from whom she confiscated corn from their estates and shipped it to her own. Her signature was also on the instruction regarding the funeral service of her spouse, in which he expressed the wish to be buried in the clothes of a monk. She was queen for eight years and widowed in 1250 when her spouse was murdered. She is believed to have returned to Saxony as a widow, leaving her daughters in Denmark.^[1]

Jutta married a second time and became the first wife of Count Burchard VIII of Querfurt-Rosenburg, who held function and title of Burgrave of Magdeburg (recorded between 1273 and 1313), a son of Burgrave Burchard VI (recorded between 1221 and 1273).^[2]

Her children with Eric IV were:

• Sofia of Denmark, (1241–1286) married to King Valdemar of Sweden
• Canute (Knud) of Denmark (b. & d. 1242)
• Ingeborg of Denmark (1244–1287), married to King Magnus VI of Norway
• Jutta of Denmark, Abbess of St. Agneta in Roskilde (1246–1284)
• Christof of Denmark (b. & d. 1247)
• Agnes of Denmark, Abbess of St. Agneta in Roskilde (1249–1288/95)

Her daughter with Burchard VIII was:

• Sophia Burghardsdatter von Querfurt-Rosenburg (d. 1325), married with Erik Erikssøn Langben (1272–1310), Duke of Langeland, son of Eric I, Duke of Schleswig

Ancestors

Ancestors of Jutta of Saxony

16. Otto, Count of Ballenstedt               8. Albert the Bear                       17. Eilika of Saxony               4. Bernard III, Duke of Saxony                             18. Hermann I of Winzenburg               9. Sophie of Winzenburg                       19. NN of Everstein               2. Albert I, Duke of Saxony                                   20. Magnus I of Sweden               10. Canute V of Denmark                       21. Richeza of Poland               5. Birgitte of Denmark                             1. Jutta of Saxony                                         24. Henry II, Duke of Austria               12. Leopold V, Duke of Austria                       25. Theodora Komnena               6. Leopold VI, Duke of Austria                             26. Géza II of Hungary               13. Helena of Hungary                       27. Euphrosyne of Kiev               3. Agnes of Austria                                   7. Theodora Angelina

References

• Alf Henrikson: Dansk historia (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish)
• Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): När hände vad i Nordens historia (When did what happen in the historiy of the Nordic countries) (1997)
• Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VIII. Bind. Holst - Juul (in Danish)

Notes

1. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
2. Cf. Helmut Lötzke, Die Burggrafen von Magdeburg aus dem Querfurter Hause (¹1950), Bad Langensalza: Rockstuhl, ²2005 (Reprint of the newly set ed. of 1950), pp. 128-132. ISBN 978-3-936030-22-8